Service

Professional Service and Memberships

  • Member, 2023-Present, Editorial Board Member, Political Behavior
  • Member, 2020 Election Assistance Task Force, American Political Science Association
  • Aequitas: Presidential Task Force on Race, Steering Committee, Villanova University   
  • Advisory Board Member, National Science Foundation ADVANCE Partnership Grant, “#MeTooPoliSci: Leveraging a Professional Association to Address Sexual Harassment in Political Science.” Investigators: Nadia Brown (Purdue University, Award #1936086), Rebecca Gill (University of Nevada Las Vegas, Award #1936045), Stella Rouse (University of Maryland College Park, Award #1936099), and Elizabeth Sharrow (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Award #1936113), 2019-2022 (Total award: $1,000,794).   
  • Member, 2020 Pre-Election Task Force, American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
  • Treasurer, Executive Council of the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (2019-2021)
  • Member, Executive Council of the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (2018-2020)
  • Program Committee Member, Chair of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Section, Southern Political Science Association (2020 and 2023)
  • Panel Chair and/or Discussant at the following Annual Meetings: National Conference of Black Political Scientists (2019); American Political Science Association (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016); Southern Political Science Association (2015, 2016); Midwest Political Science Association (2015)
  • Professional Memberships: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, and the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
  • Referee for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, CQ Press, W.W. Norton, Taylor & Francis, The Journal of Politics, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Politics, Groups, and Identities, Public Opinion Quarterly, Electoral Studies, Journal of Public Policy, and Political Behavior

Villanova University Service

  • January 2024-Present, Chair, Department of Political Science
  • 2022-Present, Faculty Representative, University Council
  • 2021-2023, Steering Committee Member, Aequitas: Presidential Task Force on Race
  • 2021, Member, Hiring Committee, American Government, Department of Political Science
  • 2019-2021, Member, Standard III (Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience) Working Group, Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  • 2019, Member, Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership, McNulty Idol Summer Fellowship Program Planning Committee
  • 2019, Presenter, “Social Media to Reduce Student Anxiety,” VITAL Teaching and Learning Strategies Program
  • 2017, Member, Hiring Committee, Political Economy, Department of Political Science
  • 2017-2023, Member, Diversity Committee, Department of Political Science
  • 2017- Present, Member, Peace Award Committee, Center for Peace and Justice Education
  • 2016-2018, Visiting Faculty, Center for Peace and Justice Education
  • 2015-2022, Reviewer, Underrepresented Presidential Scholars Applications, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 2015-2017, Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Political Science
  • 2015-2017, Mock Interviewer, Truman Scholarship, Coro Fellowship, and the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell Scholarships, Center for Research and Fellowships
  • 2015-2018, Mentor, Faith and Learning Scholars Mentor, St. Monica II Group
  • 2014-Present, Member, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Day Committee
  • 2014-2017, Participant, Intergroup Relations Workshop